HOUGH v. WILL COUNTY BD. OF ELECTIONS

No. 3-02-0743.

789 N.E.2d 795 (2003)

338 Ill. App.3d 1092

273 Ill.Dec. 621

Austin L. HOUGH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WILL COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS, Will County Officers Electoral Board, and Jan Gould, Pamela J. McGuire, and Jeff Tomczak and Richard L. Budde and Paul F. Buss, the Objectors herein, Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

April 25, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew B. Spiegel (argued), Hinsdale, for Austin L. Hough.

Jeff Tomczak, Will County State's Attorney, Barbara Petrungaro (argued), John A. Urbank, Assistant State's Attorneys, Joliet, for Will County Board of Elections.

Michael J. Kasper (argued), Fletcher, Topol, O'Brien & Kasper, Chicago, for Richard L. Budde, Paul F. Buss.


Presiding Justice McDADE delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal challenges a ruling of the Will County election board that denied the petitioner, Austin Hough, a place on the ballot in the November 2002 election. For the reasons that follow, we find we lack subject matter jurisdiction and dismiss the appeal.

BACKGROUND

Hough attempted to run for the state senate as a libertarian and submitted a petition to be placed on the ballot for the...

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